Installation best practices for Data Protector SharePoint Granular Recovery Extension

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Installation
The Data Protector Granular Recovery Extension for Microsoft SharePoint Server must be installed on
the Microsoft SharePoint Server Central Administration system.
• Ensure that Data Protector components that are needed to back up Microsoft SharePoint
Server data are also installed in the Microsoft SharePoint Server environment.
Note:
• You can install the Granular Recovery Extension only on systems with Microsoft SharePoint
Server installed. Otherwise, the installation will not succeed.
Installation procedure Data Protector 6.11
In a Data Protector 6.11 environment, the only installation option is to run a local installation.
1. Login to the SharePoint Central Administration (CA) system in your SharePoint farm using a
farm administrator account.
2. Start a Command Prompt window with administrator user permissions (right-click Command
Prompt and select Run as Administrator).
3. Change to the directory where the GRE installation binaries are located and run
grm_install.
Note:
If you are installing a Data Protector SharePoint GRE patch (e.g. DPWIN_00482,
DPWIN_00510) you need to run the patch executable first in order to extract the patch files, after this
go on with the above description.
4. Once the installation is complete, the following message is displayed in the Command Prompt
window:
Operation completed successfully.
Timer job successfully created.
Done.
Installation procedure Data Protector 6.2
In a Data Protector 6.2 environment installation can be performed either via local or remote standard
Data Protector installation methods.